Review: BILLY PORTER at State Theatre
by Jared Fessler
- May 24, 2023
Grammy, Emmy and two-time Tony winner Billy Porter brings passion and joy to Minneapolis with his first-ever career-spanning pop music concert tour: The Black Mona Lisa Tour: Volume One. Expect a full band, backed by a video installation, fronted by Billy Porter telling his life story through song. This 90-minute powerhouse event will feature his chart-topping hits “Love Is On The Way” and “Love Yourself,” a tinge of Broadway, a nod to Pose and stunning performances of future pop classics from his forthcoming new album, Black Mona Lisa.
José Casas Receives Inaugural Dominic Orlando Playwriting Award
by A.A. Cristi
- May 23, 2023
The Dominic Orlando Fund, which was created in 2022 following playwright Dominic Orlando's passing in 2021, announces the inaugural recipient of the Dominic Orlando Playwriting Award: José Casas. The two other finalists for the award were Tyla Abercrumbie of Chicago and Roger Q. Mason of Los Angeles.
THE PINK HULK Comes to New York Mills Regional Cultural Center in June
by Stephi Wild
- May 22, 2023
The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center will present the internationally acclaimed, award-winning solo show 'The Pink Hulk: One Woman's Journey to Find the Superhero Within,' written and performed by three-time cancer survivor and patient advocate Valerie David, on Friday, June 2, at 6:00 p.m.
Open Window Theatre to Present World Premiere of FOSHAY! in July
by Blair Ingenthron
- May 21, 2023
In many ways, Wilbur Burton Foshay was the poster child for the twenties and thirties. During the Roaring Twenties, he was an ambitious and successful businessman who capitalized on a decade's long bull-run stock market to catapult himself to greater and greater financial heights. Performances of FOSHAY! A New Musical run July 21 - 30.